Maltesers biccies!

It's all things choccie this time of year... it's worse than Xmas! Maltesers have brought out biccies! Both the regular Maltesers flavour and a minty version! Same SPs for both! 

Anyone indulged?!?! x

Maltesers Biscuits

per 11g biscuit  - 2SP

per 2 biscuits, 22g - 5SPs

Mint version (below) has the same SP values...

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Bibbity boppity bunny!!!

Just gonna leave this fella right here... 

Oh and he's hollow! 

x 

Brace yourselves... 

M&S Swiss Bennet Bunny... 900g - 260SP 

(NOT A TYPO!) 

oh and I tripled checked!!! 

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M&Ms of the Salted kind...

Look at these feckers staring at me... I know I'm not a proper choccie fan but what is it with salted caramel flavoured stuff?!?! sheesh... if you're not getting an easter egg for yourself maybe something like these fellas will keep you going over the easter weekend? x

M&Ms Salted Caramel Flavour

per 36.3g (one third of the bag!) - 9SPs

The whole bag, cause who shares?!?! - 27SP

*sighs* 

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Many Mini Eggs

Just like Christmas, Easter now starts on New Years Day... These lil feckers are all over the place and you'll convince yourself that 'mini' eggs are better that chomping into a big Easter egg... Now I'm not an Easter egg fan, I prefer my eggs dippy with soldiers, and if a choccie egg is your thing then go for it but here's a selection of the minis from my local supermarket this week.... Note each one gives different portion sizes so don't assume all mini eggs are equal, don't come for me about SPs maths either! x

Kinder Mini Eggs 

per 5g mini egg - 1SPs

2 mini eggs - 3SP

3 mini eggs - 4SPs

4 mini eggs - 6SPs

5 mini eggs - 7SPs

M&M eggs

per 45g portion (one third of the bag) - 12SPs

Nestle Orange Smarties Mini Eggs

per 4 mini eggs - 4SPs

8 mini eggs - 7SPs

Nestle Smarties Mini Eggs

5 mini eggs - 4SPs

10 mini eggs - 9SPs

Nestle Milkybar Mini Eggs

per 5 mini eggs - 5SPs

10 mini eggs - 9SPs

Nestle Aero Chocolate Mini Eggs

8 mini eggs - 7SP

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Chocfilled thins from McVities...

The McVities thins but filled with chocolate... what's not to love?!!? I mean anything 'CHOCFILLED' has got be good right? Anyone know how dunkable they are?! x

McVities Chocfilled Thins per 11g biscuit - 

1 - 2SP

2 - 5SP

3 - 7SP

4 - 10SP

McVities DOUBLE Choc Chocfilled Thins per 11g biscuit - 

1 - 2SP

2 - 5SP

3 - 7SP

4 - 10SP

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Ruby KitKat

This appeared in my house when I was recovering... pink chocolate! I mean anyone who knows me, knows I'm a sucker for anything pink so challenge accepted! This was SO sweet... I struggled to eat one finger of it! If you're decorating a cake or doing a fancy dessert and wanted to add a finger of it it would look very cool... if you have a super sweet tooth you'll love it... I'm a savoury kinda gal, gimme my crisps any day... one fifth of it is pure sugar! eek! x

KitKat made with Ruby Cocoa beans - 11SP

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Choc Pot...

OK, so I know this is already in some stores in the UK but it's not everywhere yet so sit tight! 

Before Christmas I entered a competition on the Sweet Freedom Newsletter to win a jar of their new Choc Pot that was being launched and I won! Now most of you know I'm a savoury fan but I do fall off the choccie wagon every now and then... If you've followed me on here for a while, you'll know I'm a big Choc Shot fan... it gives you that choccie fix without crying with guilt over a Kit Kat Chunky (which is 12SP FYI!)... I usually add Choc Shot to my banana pancakes, >>> HERE <<< and when I'm thinking pancakes, I'm usually craving sweet stuff and it really does the job, also drizzle a bit of the Orange Spice one over your meringue and fizzy jelly, you won't look back! Lots of people bake successfully with them too, great to add in the breakfast baked oat muffins! 

5g - 1SP

10g - 1SP

15g - 2SP

20g - 3SP

25g - 4SP

30g - 4SP

Right, the new kid on the block... so the jar is 250g so it's going to last you forever! (It keeps for 6 weeks in the fridge)... Unless you have a real addiction and then it's a different kinda meeting for YOU!

When I opened the jar there was a strong smell of cocoa... it's that lovely dark bitter chocolate smell and as I was working out the SmartPoints I left it open on my desk... moths to a flame I tell ya! It spreads easily, I even checked it again this morning from the fridge and it doesn't go rock hard when it's stored...and it melts easily (see crumpet below! yum!) ... its not the kinda spread you would sit and eat with a spoon and keep going if that makes any sense because it's such condensed flavour, and the portion size is 5g which when you taste it you'll see is plenty for that chocolate flavour... AND It's out in time for pancake season.. YAY! 

This was a 5g portion spread over a standard size crumpet and there was plenty...

For those with allergies... 

and the ingredients... 

It's already out in some stores but for my UK friends it's in ASDA from 20th Feb and in the health sections of larger Boots stores from April 3rd, but it's coming to all the major supermarkets! 

For my Irish friends its going to be stocked in Holland & Barrett and Tesco to start with, and will then filter everywhere you can get the original Choc Shot now... 

Now I know people will try to compare it to this bad boy but they're very different in taste and the thing is with WW if you want this, you can have it, just point it, simples... it's all down to how you want to spend your SmartPoints and personally I'd rather spend mine on another pancake and still get my choccie fix!  So how do the SPs work out on it? Well I've compared the two just to show the difference because there's no processed sugar in it... 

5g - 1SP

10g - 1SP

15g - 2SP

20g - 3SP

30g - 4SP

5g - 1SP

10g - 3SP

15g - 4SP

20g - 5SP

30g - 8SP

Like I said, I won this (sign up to the Sweet Freedom newsletter, they are always doing little giveaways!) and I'm just sharing the SP love! If you're a choccie fan it might be the thing that saves you driving to the 24hr garage at midnight for a Wispa (11SP) ... just me?! sigh...

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Happy Easter! x

And so the Easter challenge ends and what a success it was! Well done to everyone who took part and stuck with it!  I hope you're all enjoying your well earned Easter eggs... it was well worth the wait! It's great to see everyone motivating each other along the way! Weight Watchers Ireland and Choc Shot have given me some prizes to those who really stuck with it... so.... drum roll please...

1st place losing a fabulous total of -11lbs! 

Roisin C

Joint 2nd losing -10lbs each...

Caoimhe G & Jackie N

Joint 3rd place...

Kim F & Anne Marie McF

both losing -9.5lbs

If you could all send your postal address to ... theskinnydoll@gmail.com once I'm back from my holidays, I'll be sending you your goodies!

I hope you all have a lovely easter and that the chocolate isn't wrecking your heads too much! Just remember summer time is so close, so enjoy the day and onto the next challenge!

Here's my Easter egg... all the cute! 

Thanks again everyone, it's been the most successful challenge to date! 

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Easter Challenge - Weigh in 6

1 weigh in left! just one! So farthe loss has been... 

drum roll please... 

11st 2lbs! 

ELEVEN STONE AND TWO POUNDS!!!! 

Thank you so much to everyone who stuck with it... the motivation is just fantastic! 

Comment your losses below before Saturday and

I'll have the final chart up Sunday announcing the winners!

The goodies are all set to go too! 

There's the lowest chocolate treat you can get for Easter, 

Choc Shot and Choc Shot Orange from Sweet Freedom! 

Choc Shot ProPoints like so... 

1 tsp, 5g - 0PP

2 tsp 10g - 1PP 

3 tsp 15g - 1PP

4 tsp 20g - 2PP

5 tsp 25g - 2PP

6 tsp 30g - 2PP

7 tsp 35g - 3PP

8 tsp 40g - 3PP

9 tsp 45g - 3PP

10 tsp 50g - 4PP 

Whole bottle 320g - 24PP

The latest Weight Watchers Cookbook and all sorts of other treats! 

If I've missed a weigh in or message, just shout! 

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Desserts from the Farm!

For all the sweet teeth out there! Puddings, desserts, afters.. whatever you call it, for some people its the best part of dining out! So here's three Irish made desserts from Glenilen Farm that will hit the spot... I'm told, by a dessert 'expert', (her words not mine!) the Pannna cotta is 'to die for'! I spotted them in Supervalu... They also have a new range of 'Light' yogurts I'll be posting... Stay tuned! x

Glenilen Farm Indulgently Chocolate Mousse 80g - 7PP

Glenilen Farm Coconut & Passionfruit Panna Cotta 100g - 6PP

Glenilen Farm Zesty Lemon Cheesecake 80g - 7PP

You can find out more about Glenilen Farm and their products ... 

Facebook - HERE

Twitter - HERE

Online - HERE

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Weigh in 5! Easter Challenge!

2 weigh-ins to go... just two! Where did those weeks go?! So... 2 weigh-ins means 2 lbs... could be enough to put you into a new stone on the scales, might get you a silver 7, will definitely make a pair of jeans a little looser! So after a disastrous week in my camp... between a day out with mum for Mothers Day, Paddies Day and the rugby celebrations it's time to get the heads down and really focus...


The lovely people in Weight Watchers Ireland have donated their new cookbook and some other goodies as prizes, and it's a good one, so two more losses and there will be post for someone!!! If you're struggling, read some of the success stories on their website, you'll see just how everyone struggles and loses focus along the way but you can get back on track I promise! Plus the ProPoints calculator is a god send when you're stuck! >>> HERE <<<

Also the lovely people in Choc Shot have given me some of their Chocolatey goodness to curb the Easter egg cravings and reward the losses! I love the plain stuff... just enough in a drizzle to curb those cravings... >>> HERE <<< but the orange has that extra kick!!!! Low GI / GL; suitable for diabetics, vegetarians and vegans; GM, dairy and gluten Free, its a choc fix for pretty much everyone! Its also very versatile... check out some fabulous recipes online here >>> HERE <<< 

It ProPoints like so... 

1 tsp, 5g - 0PP

2 tsp 10g - 1PP 

3 tsp 15g - 1PP

4 tsp 20g - 2PP

5 tsp 25g - 2PP

6 tsp 30g - 2PP

7 tsp 35g - 3PP

8 tsp 40g - 3PP

9 tsp 45g - 3PP

10 tsp 50g - 4PP 

Whole bottle 320g - 24PP

Chart below... if I've missed you out just shout here or on the post on the FB page... >>> HERE <<< Only two weeks left!!! 

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